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  • Elle Kay Fabrics is based on the principle that beautiful, modern prints should not be exclusively for designers, decorators or the very wealthy, but rather that they should be accessible to all. Pro-account
    Luhandra Vorstman
    Textile Designer
    Luhandra Vorstman is the founder and designer of homeware brand Elle Kay Fabrics.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Karabo Masombuka Pro-account
    Karabo Masombuka
    Furniture Designer
    Karabo Masombuka is a creative who proves that an unorthodox background is no hindrance to an aspiring innovative designer.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Mbangiso Mabaso Pro-account
    Mbangiso Mabaso
    Designer
    Mbangiso “Baso” Mabaso is a self-taught game developer and innovator.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Sin designs are for the independent individual who enjoys daring, contemporary clothes that provide directional styling to the wardrobe Pro-account
    Sin by Sandhya Lalloo-Morar
    Design Director
    Sin is the quintessential name in fashion for the modern individual wanting to stand out from the crowd.
    South Africa
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    Buhle Ngaba
    Actress / Writer
    Actress and Writer.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Sifiso Shange
    Industrial Designer
    Sifiso Shange is a 26-year-old industrial design.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Ellie Frymire
    Communication Designer
    Ellie recognised the power of meaningful design and intentional presentation of data.
    New York, USA
  • Pro-account
    Shelley Mokoena
    Fashion Designer
    Shelley Mokoena is a fashion designer who has taken her brand from a start-up to the runway.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Lucille Tenazas. Speaker 2002
    Lucille Tenazas
    Graphic Designer
    Lucille Tenazas is the Associate Dean and Henry Wolf Professor in the School of Art, Media and Technology (AMT) at Parsons School for Design.
    San Francisco, USA
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    Madri Scherman
    Designer
    This Stellenbosch graduate went from molecular science into designing her own luxury handbag range.
    Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Xolisa Sibeko
    Communication Designer
    Graphic designer.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Mbali Memela is a ladieswear designer from Durban, currently building her brand, studio and line. Pro-account
    Mbali Memela
    Fashion Designer
    Mbali Memela is the brains behind the ladies-wear label Black Magic.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Speaker
    Mirjam de Bruijn
    Product Designer
    Mirjam de Bruijn's work questions the way we use our everyday products.
    Netherlands
  • Imraan Ho-Yee Speaker 2006
    Imraan Ho-Yee
    Architect
    After he began his career at Louis Karol, within seven years Imraan Ho-Yee became associate, and then partner.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Shamara Brenna
    Product Designer
    A Conceptual Designer with an interest in the way children use toys to learn and grow.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Joshua Davis Speaker 2002
    Joshua Davis
    Artist / Developer / Graphic Designer
    Joshua Davis is a New York-based artist, designer, and technologist producing both public and private work for companies, collectors, and institutions.
    New York, USA
  • Gordon Reid - Design Indaba Conference 2019 Speaker
    Gordon Reid
    Art Director / Graphic Designer
    Graphic Designer, Art Director and the Founder of Middle Boop.
    United Kingdom
  • Crispian Plunkett Speaker 2006
    Crispian Plunkett
    Photographer
    Crispain Plunkett was a South African photographer who sadly passed away in 2009.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Yugo Nakamura Speaker 2001
    Yugo Nakamura
    Web Designer
    Yugo Nakamura is considered one of Japan's leading web designers having studied engineering, architecture and landscape design.
    Japan
  • Johan Louw Speaker 2006
    Johan Louw
    Jewellery Designer
    As a youngster Johan Louw had spent hours in his brother-in-law's workshop, watching and learning, developing a love and talent for jewellery design.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Lisa White
    Creative Director
    Lisa White is the head of lifestyle and interiors at WGSN.
    USA
  • Red & Yellow Speaker 2001
    Brian Searle-Tripp
    Educator
    Brian Searle-Tripp became a founding member of the Red & Yellow School of Logic & Magic which won him Financial Mail's Advertising Achiever Award in 1996.
    South Africa
  • Speaker 2005
    Paulo Feferbaum
    Fashion Designer
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Melvill & Randera are two architects who share a deep-rooted interest in the built environment and the vital role architecture plays in defining it. Pro-account
    Jamil Randera
    Architect
    Jamil Randera is the other half of +NESS, a project between himself and Max Melvill.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Elle Kay Fabrics is based on the principle that beautiful, modern prints should not be exclusively for designers, decorators or the very wealthy, but rather that they should be accessible to all. Pro-account
    Luhandra Vorstman
    Textile Designer
    Luhandra Vorstman is the founder and designer of homeware brand Elle Kay Fabrics.
    Durban, South Africa
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